Former Presidential aspirant of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, said the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last 15 years has helped to strengthen peoples’ faith in the new All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shekarau, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Benin City, they were waiting for whatever moles the PDP would plant in the merger.
The former Kano State Governor said leaders of the various political parties that came together to form the APC had decided to sacrifice their personal wish for the interest of the nation.
He said the merger was not about any individual or personality but about giving the Nigerian people an alternative.
According to him, “I think to the best of my knowledge and understanding, all the people you may think have ambition in all the political parties involved are all ready to sacrifice and play the game of give and take.
“We are waiting for the unexpected and we are planning for it. There is no way you can stop peoples’ ambition in any political party.”
Meanwhile, A non-governmental organisation, Kogi Progressive Front (KPF), has said the newly formed APC is set to unseat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from its many years maladministration.
The Leader of the Group, Chief J O Yusuf, stated this at a media conference in Lokoja.
He described the merger of the opposition political parties as a good thing for the people of the country, adding that the time to save Nigerians from the beastly looking PDP government is here.
Using Kogi State as a case study, Yusuf stated that the PDP-led government in the state was incapable of leading the state to the transformational destination.
He added that the PDP-led government was terminally ill and could not salvage the state from underdevelopment and poverty.
Yusuf noted that the last nine years in the state had been a monumental failure and waste of state funds, calling on all opposition parties to come together to flush it out.
But the Special Adviser to governor Idris Wada on Media and Strategy, Jacob Edi, described KPF’s observation as shallow.
He said in a democratic setting, the group was entitled to their opinion, no matter how warped, adding that the government would not be distracted by such reasoning.
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Source: The Nation
